Lancaster is making himself look an idiot a bit by saying both teams are united. That's fine, but at least get the seconds working as a team. Just sending a side out for the sake of it and seeing if some do well under pressure is useless, and isn't a barometer of how they'll perform, and Ford being the only 10 is stupid move considering what's happened this season.

Lancaster is making himself look an idiot a bit by saying both teams are united. That's fine, but at least get the seconds working as a team. Just sending a side out for the sake of it and seeing if some do well under pressure is useless, and isn't a barometer of how they'll perform, and Ford being the only 10 is stupid move considering what's happened this season.

Little bit of both. With you now.

Callard certainly is a useless fudge, but the Saxons in their current form, much as I enjoy watching A games, are pointless. They're not playing for a shirt that tournament by and large - if they were they'd be in the EPS. Instead you've got a bunch of young lads in the EPS off home to play club games rather than showing they can work to the English plan. The likes of Joseph, Vunipola and Thomas should have been in that game - not Tompkins, Crane and Brookes. Retarded way of working things really.

Ave Rating: 6.13/10, which seems about right. Goode had his worst game in an England jersey, skewed the average score a fair bit. Great performances by Farrell and Robshaw, MotM deservedly should've been one of them.

Ave Rating: 6.13/10, which seems about right. Goode had his worst game in an England jersey, skewed the average score a fair bit. Great performances by Farrell and Robshaw, MotM deservedly should've been one of them.

Suspect it will be Wood, Robshaw and Waldrom as Waldrom is a like for like replacement but not suitable for the bench as he only covers one position. Easter has been correctly excluded from the squad and only has himself to blame.